Last weekend, I headed back to my home town to attend the Merriwa Festival of the Fleeces, an event I haven’t been to since I moved to Sydney in 2005. Established in 1990 to promote agriculture in the area, it has varied in size from a small one day event, to a 2 day event … [Read more…]
On 24 February, I came back to Australia from the US. In our absence there has been some political changes including a change of prime minister. The nasty Australian creatures remain as creepy as ever, however. And were there to welcome us back on our first day! Ok, so the spiders I am fairly … [Read more…]
A couple of weeks ago, I saw the following event on Facebook, which a few people I know in Sydney had marked that they would attend. The only event details really provided were “Everyone gather at your local park and glare and show general distaste towards ibises” I have yet to see an ibis in … [Read more…]
Australia’s war on Halloween is similar to the War on Christmas in that it just involves some indignant grumbling rather than actual violence, but different in that it has nothing to do with religion. It’s a civil war, with one side excited about Halloween and desperately wanting to make it a bigger deal in … [Read more…]
Although it happened more when I had just moved to the US than now, I still occasionally hear from Americans about the positive things they admire about Australians and Australia (they are able to see past our nasty wildlife sometimes). Steve Irwin is still greatly missed, some of our animals are cute, and we created … [Read more…]
I meet a lot of Americans who would like to visit Australia. The reasons they say they won’t be are usually one of the below: 1. “I couldn’t do that flight!” (Dude, if you don’t have kids just drug yourself for it. Like I used to be able to do *sigh*) 2. “It’s expensive” (yes, … [Read more…]
Taronga Zoo is a prime Sydney tourist attraction, and the most well known zoo in Sydney – world class, beautiful views of Sydney Harbour, exotic animals…..blah, blah, blah. Yeah, ok. It’s a beautiful zoo. But if I get foreign visitors when I get back to Australia, I will be more likely to brave the … [Read more…]